Amazon buys Roomba Maker for $1.7 billion
Hey Alexa, tell Roomba to vacuum the bedroom. Amazon announced Friday that it had reached an agreement to buy iRobot Corp., maker of the Roomba… Read More »Amazon buys Roomba Maker for $1.7 billion
Janesville couple celebrating their wedding anniversary dies in lightning strike near White House
Donna and Jim Mueller A Janesville couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary with a trip to the nation’s capital was killed Thursday night in a… Read More »Janesville couple celebrating their wedding anniversary dies in lightning strike near White House
Microsoft trackers conflict with DuckDuckGo, are added to the block list
Aurich Lawson DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search company, says it will block Microsoft trackers in its desktop web browser after revelations in May that certain scripts… Read More »Microsoft trackers conflict with DuckDuckGo, are added to the block list
North Korea offers Russia 100,000 ‘volunteers’ for war against Ukraine, Russian state television says
North Korea has offered Russia 100,000 “volunteers” to help in the war against Ukraine, Russian state television said. “There are reports that 100,000 North Korean… Read More »North Korea offers Russia 100,000 ‘volunteers’ for war against Ukraine, Russian state television says
AI is not sentimental. Why do people say it is?
Why everyone believes differently In the mid-1960s, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joseph Weizenbaum, built an automated psychotherapist he named Eliza. This… Read More »AI is not sentimental. Why do people say it is?
Dee Hock, credit card visionary, is dead at 93
Dee Hock, a banker with a college degree who turned the Visa credit card into a global financial behemoth, died July 16 at his home… Read More »Dee Hock, credit card visionary, is dead at 93
Sonic the Hedgehog doesn’t need easy-to-read legends on its mechanical keyboard
enlarge / Sonic the Hedgehog mechanical keyboard. Being a beloved blue eulipotyphla with the speed of a race car, all the gold rings, a friend… Read More »Sonic the Hedgehog doesn’t need easy-to-read legends on its mechanical keyboard
Tim Wu, Biden’s anti-big tech advisor, is living the dream
Wu even suggests that we’ve turned a corner by curbing Big Tech’s dominance. “Ten years ago or anytime, they were able to take over potential… Read More »Tim Wu, Biden’s anti-big tech advisor, is living the dream
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro suggests Jared Kushner faked his cancer diagnosis out of sympathy to sell his memoir
Jared Kushner wrote in his book that he was being treated for thyroid cancer at the White House. Peter Navarro said he never saw any… Read More »Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro suggests Jared Kushner faked his cancer diagnosis out of sympathy to sell his memoir
Jobs report updates: growth expected to slow in July
Since supply chain problems and the war in Ukraine have rocketed prices, the economy’s most notable feature has been robust job growth.Credit…Scott McIntyre for The… Read More »Jobs report updates: growth expected to slow in July
Evo Weekend Is Here: How To Watch The Fighting Game Event Of The Year
enlarge / The crowds this year will be smaller and masked, but offline is back in Vegas Evo After a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus, the Evolution… Read More »Evo Weekend Is Here: How To Watch The Fighting Game Event Of The Year
Somalia’s al-Shabab attacks Ethiopia for the first time
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The al-Shabab extremist group has exploited internal unrest in Ethiopia to cross the border into neighboring Somalia in unprecedented attacks in… Read More »Somalia’s al-Shabab attacks Ethiopia for the first time
Classic Internet Censorship – The New York Times
I want us to think about the implications of this new reality: In three of the four most populous countries in the world, governments have… Read More »Classic Internet Censorship – The New York Times
First Georgia woman with monkey pox speaks out on diagnosis
On Thursday, the Biden administration declared the monkeypox virus a public health emergency. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are more… Read More »First Georgia woman with monkey pox speaks out on diagnosis
‘Huge flaw’ threatens US emergency alert system, DHS investigator warns
enlarge / Obstacle light with bokeh city background The US Department of Homeland Security warns of vulnerabilities in the national emergency broadcast network that could… Read More »‘Huge flaw’ threatens US emergency alert system, DHS investigator warns
